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Next election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (Texas General Election). No statewide propositions this time, only candidate races. Your city, county or school district may have local propositions: check your county's sample ballot. Details · VoteTexas.gov
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- HB 1221 (89R): Relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses related to pretrial intervention programs.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Committee report sent to Calendars - HB 1222 (89R): Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1223 (89R): Relating to the publication of a line-item budget by school districts and municipalities.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1224 (89R): Relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for students in public schools.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1225 (89R): Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) - HB 1226 (89R): Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Placed on General State Calendar - HB 1227 (89R): Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Placed on General State Calendar - HB 1228 (89R): Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Placed on General State Calendar - HB 1229 (89R): Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1230 (89R): Relating to the requirement of a public hearing on certain applications for a permit to drill an oil or gas well.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Energy Resources: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1231 (89R): Relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1232 (89R): Relating to the reporting of violations of law under the whistleblower protection laws.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Received from the House - HB 1233 (89R): Relating to measures to encourage the earning of industry-recognized credentials at public institutions of higher education.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Education K-16 - HB 1234 (89R): Relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1235 (89R): Relating to the ability of a voter registrar and volunteer deputy registrar to distribute and receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Elections: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1236 (89R): Relating to a study on electric unmanned aircraft capable of or designed for vertical take-off and landing and the facilities needed to develop that technology in this state.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1237 (89R): Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1238 (89R): Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1239 (89R): Relating to preliminary examination periods for mental health protective custody.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · No action taken in committee - HB 1240 (89R): Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - HB 1241 (89R): Relating to the installation of conduit by the Texas Department of Transportation in the state highway system.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1242 (89R): Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1243 (89R): Relating to the authority of spouses who occupy separate properties as their principal residences to each qualify the property in which they reside as their residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Left pending in committee - HB 1244 (89R): Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a person who uses the land in materially the same way as the former owner a
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Effective on 1/1/26 - HB 1245 (89R): Relating to a prohibition on the use of water on nonresidential property to irrigate nonfunctional turf during a drought.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1246 (89R): Relating to the authority of sheriffs and constables to enter into contracts to provide law enforcement services and county financial authority in relation to sheriffs and constables.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Withdrawn from schedule - HB 1247 (89R): Relating to the interruption of utility service by a residential landlord.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1248 (89R): Related to making the Texas Education Commissioner an elected office.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1249 (89R): Relating to authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Education K-16 - HB 1250 (89R): Related to making the Texas Insurance Commissioner an elected office.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Insurance: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1251 (89R): Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain educational materials.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1252 (89R): Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for purchases up to a certain amount.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1253 (89R): Relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included in the required health curriculum for public school students.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1254 (89R): Related to expanding the exemptions of abortions and Texas women's access to reproductive healthcare including in vitro fertilization.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Health: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1255 (89R): Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by a professional who is required to report child abuse or neglect and against a child under the care of that professional.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Left pending in subcommittee - HB 1256 (89R): Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is at
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) - HB 1257 (89R): Relating to the compensation of public school educators, the public school finance system, public school prekindergarten and kindergarten programs, and the school health and related services program.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1258 (89R): Relating to public school policies regarding student possession of personal communication devices; authorizing a fee.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1259 (89R): Relating to the establishment of the State Agency Rules Review Commission and the procedures by which state agencies adopt rules.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM - HB 1260 (89R): Relating to a determination of a school district's assets to liabilities ratio under the public school financial accountability rating system.
TX state bill 2024-11-12 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
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